The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-12


nmber Of recitation rooms.....-....
Number Of sittinEs.. s.S2l
This session Of the public schools.
has been the most tucce-.ful dur |
ing the period Of the present man.
agement. While II is impossible for q |
report to exhibit the advancement |
made In all the Departmental, yet the
z ,neral Eff cheney OF the schools has
been fully demonstrated by the sue
Gees Of your pupils In competitive tx-
amina,iops In which merit alone could
win. The honorable appointments to
the two great national schools, West
Point and Annapolis, were won by
your eradur y. Additional credit
VS. ref G 81 by another OF your grad.
uates, who brought home the first
honor OF her clf.J from the Nashville
Normal College aud sesin by one Of the
Olay street pupils, " led her cas &c
at X ger Williams College. These re-
suits are especially gratifying TO rs
who are directly interested In the
management Of the schools, and / am
saiisfi ed that every citizen In Mem
phis takes pride In the measure Of sue
cess attained.
References to my former reports will
disclol Q the fact that have been slow
to indulge In compliments to the
tchoos.
preferred they should be esii.
mated by the cit xens whose cbildreo
attend them and results such as those
referred TO above. These successes
encourage ne 10 stronger efforts that
the fchools may bs greatly improved,
and TO tbis eLd ASK your aid In SUI
Port of the recommendations suU-
mitied.
You have twelve school buildings
In your service. Seven OF them be-
long TO the city and FIVE are rented ut
cost OF s2400 per annum, which 10
the interest on $40, eco at o per cent.
. Three OF the buildings belonging TO
the city are brick, four oil them are
frame houses.
The Jefferson school was transferred
10 the Bethel hui ding in february,
and in thort time regained the pu-
pills that had Withdrawn on account
, Of the ipadaptsbility OF the former
house fer school purposes.
The new building In Chelsea was
! completed aud occup ed la January to
|. the satisfaction OF all interested In II,
especially the pupils, who were then
relieved a The no 90 as well ~ many
other serious Disadvantages connected
With the olu school house.
n This new building IL Satisfactory In
nearly every particular, but the black
boards, as l stated when they were
! being prepared, are inferior and ex'
: pensive In chalk on account OF their
roughnets. The fact 10 there 10 moi
one good blackboard In the city
A schools, and Q large number OF them
3 are unworthy the name. In alludine
10 the boa'ds In the Chelsea tchool
i do not intend 20 reflect unfavorably
, upon the mechanical ability Of the
v gentlemen whs prepared them. The
inieriority OF the boards IL due 10 the
msterial used. Toe best and oheapes
ard, considering its durability, 10 the
Il genuine Switchboard. A tar substitut,
!, for Il may be obtlined from q thicl
backing OF amslgam, containing
% plaster OF paris, with . smooth
q anish, dressed with liquid stating
Reference 10 the minutes Of Ia
Board will show the conditions a.
tending the furn- ces In the Pop'
,, tchool. Unles some definite order y
!. given In regard TO them at this meet
=. ing, there 10 q probability that thu
. building will have no furnaces whei
- the schools open next fall. =.
Water connection should be mad
with the Porter tchool, as the waite
pipes have been extended 10 H. tn
want of them nj the Peabody, Pop
ii and Grant schools IL q nuisance tha
10 cannot be avoided al present. q,
Minor repairs are needed In nearl
all the buildings. The cisterns .
Market street school require immsd
sr ate attention, that the water may b
/. free from the taste oil male
;. rial used In repairing thsn
~ by the beginning OF next seseio,r
Thirteen schools In the primary ut
partment were conducted on Ia
Ia time this session-that IL, hall oil n
" pupils we're inttfucted In the moruin
~ and the other half In the afternoon D
10 the same teacher. think this ie Oh
best Arrangement Tor young children
"A p,otracted confinement Induce
rsstlesenee.. and conreq uently ipatiei
ae ton. with this class OF pupils.
Numbers Of children about seven
eight yeats old aye walking the stree
!. begging a nickel ITO get q start In q
nsxsasner busintss." Steps shou
hs tslen by those who have u
Authority 20 require these children
attend tokool. .n,-.
- On the other hand, many obiioI'
mi are sent TO school 700 young; os ~